I have a several relatives that work in health care here. One's a RN, the other an MD. They too say the same thing. What's interesting though is that the media normally has a spin to it. The illegals are the victims, the hospitals are often largely made out as the culprit, and the answer is near always more government money or some dream of a national health care scheme (aka socialized medicine).
Even the Dallas Morning News failed to mention that over a dozen illegal girls gave birth (tax money paid for) while this man died.
Oh don't I know it, but these people do nothing but take, take, take. There is no reciprocation.
We have an abundance of legal citizens of all colors who want/need and are actually entitled to our free medical care programs unlike the criminals who have broken the law and crossed the border into our sovereign country. I am especially opposed to the hordes of illegals who populate our ER waiting rooms for health issues that are in no way medical emergencies (colds, ear infections, headaches, etc., etc.) They bog down the triage system and actually cause delays in treatment to people who have real medical emergencies.
Engrpat, your story about the charity reminds me of something my brother told me this past year. He lives in one of those affluent suburbs north of Dallas and handles the collections for his Catholic parish. The church has a Spanish speaking Mass for all the illegals in the area. He said the collection plate at this service is always practically empty. Yet these Spanish speaking parishioners are the ones who expect and demand the church fund expensive services and programs IN SPANISH exclusively for them and their children.